Republican officials in Texas and Louisiana challenged the memo in federal court, saying the memo
The Supreme Court will allow the Biden administration to reinstate rules that instruct Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to focus immigration enforcement in the interior of the U.S. on illegal aliens with criminal records or who pose a threat to national security.
The court found that Texas and Louisiana, the two states that challenged the guidelines, didn’t have standing to bring the suit.
The ruling was 8-1 with only Justice Alito dissenting.
The decision confirmed the growing power of the executive to dictate immigration policy in the absence of congressional guidance. And it confirmed the narrow enforcement of immigration law the Biden administration is using.
At the center of the dispute is a memo issued in 2021 by the Biden administration that directed ICE agents to prioritize the arrest of immigrants with serious criminal records, national security threats and migrants who recently entered the U.
